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Quaker Instant Oatmeal Bakery Favorites Apple Crisp/Cinnamon Roll/Banana Bread (10 - 1.46 Ounce) 14.6 Ounce 10 Pack Paper Box

Pepsico Inc. · Grains/Flour · barcode 00030000264423

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Partially hydrogenated oils and Red No. 40 (Allura Red), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA; EU warning label. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives2 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA; EU warning label. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of grains/flour show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-03-19). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • Texas: Warning label required from 2027-01-01 Labels developed on or after January 1, 2027 must warn that the product contains an ingredient not recommended for consumption in Australia, Canada, the EU or the UK. (SB 25 (2025)) Source. Applies to all of them.
  • Louisiana: Warning label required from 2028-01-01 Products containing it must carry a QR code disclosure from January 1, 2028. (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source. Applies to all of them.

Partially hydrogenated oils

  • US (FDA): Authorization revoked FDA determined in 2015 that they are no longer generally recognized as safe; makers had to remove them, with final compliance dates in 2018-2020. Labels on file may predate that. (80 FR 34650 (2015)) Source

Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Red No. 40 as a certified color additive. Source
  • EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E129, but foods containing it must say it "may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children." (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source
  • California: Banned in school meals from 2027-12-31 Banned in food and drinks offered in California public schools from December 31, 2027. (AB 2316 (2024)) Source
  • West Virginia: Banned from 2028-01-01 Food containing it is treated as adulterated in West Virginia from January 1, 2028. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source
  • West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source
  • Louisiana: Banned in school meals from 2028-2029 school year Banned in Louisiana school food from the 2028-2029 school year (concession stands and vending machines exempt). (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source

Typical for grains/flour

FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Flour, white, all-purpose: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.63, highest 4.9 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Quinoa, cooked: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 3.67, highest 11 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Rice, brown, cooked: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Flour, white, all-purpose: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 42.3, highest 45 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Quinoa, cooked: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 11.2, highest 19 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Rice, brown, cooked: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 7.98, highest 17 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Flour, white, all-purpose: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Quinoa, cooked: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Rice, brown, cooked: found in 8 of 27 samples, average 0.36, highest 1.5 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Flour, white, all-purpose: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 3.53, highest 3.6 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Quinoa, cooked: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 3.33, highest 10 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Rice, brown, cooked: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 64.3, highest 88 ppb (2017-2020)

"Typically" is FDA's middle sample. Daily amounts use the long-run average and each chemical's daily limit (EPA reference dose, or FDA's level for lead) for a 33-lb toddler and a 154-lb adult. ppb = micrograms per kilogram of food. Source: FDA Total Diet Study.

Not tested

No published results for this product cover: Metals, Perchlorate, Phthalates (plastic softeners), Phthalate substitutes, Bisphenols. That means nobody has published a test, not that these are absent.

Ingredients (from the label)

Apple Crisp: Whole Grain Rolled Oats, Sugar, Dehydrated Apples (Treated with Sodium Sulfite to Promote Color Retention), Calcium Carbonate, Salt, Natural and Artificial Flavor (Contains Milk Ingredient), Corn Syrup, Flaked Corn, Cinnamon, Partially Hydrogenated Cottonseed and/or Soybean Oil (Adds a Dietarily Insignificant), Modified Food Starch, Guar Gum, Citric Acid, Caramel Color, Niacinamide (One of the B Vitamins), Reduced Iron, Red 40 Lake, Vitamin A Palmitate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (One of the B Vitamins), Riboflavin (One of the B Vitamins), Thiamin Mononitrate (One of the B Vitamins), Folic Acid (One of the B Vitamins). Cinnamon Roll: Whole Grain Rolled Oats, Sugar, Salt, Cinnamon, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Calcium Carbonate, Guar Gum, Caramel Color, Niacinamide (One of the B Vitamins), Reduced Iron, Vitamin A Palmitate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (One of the B Vitamins), Riboflavin (One of the B Vitamins), Thiamin Mononitrate (One of the B Vitamins), Folic Acid (One of the B Vitamins). Banana Bread: Whole Grain Rolled Oats, Sugar, Banana Flake Powder, Salt, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Calcium Carbonate, Guar Gum, Citric Acid, Caramel Color, Niacinamide (One of the B Vitamins), Reduced Iron, Vitamin A Palmitate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (One of the B Vitamins), Riboflavin (One of the B Vitamins), Thiamin Mononitrate (One of the B Vitamins), Folic Acid (One of the B Vitamins).

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-03-19. Labels change; check the package.

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